A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Presented by the Institute of Masters of Wine and the drinks business since 2011, the award of ‘Winemaker’s Winemaker’ recognises outstanding achievement in winemaking. Masters of Wine winemakers and the …
Michael Brajkovich MW announced as 2024 Winemakers’ Winemaker from the Masters of Wine Institute Read More
One of the most famous restaurants in the world – certainly from a wine lover’s perspective – La Tour d’Argent in Paris – appears to missing wines worth around 2.5 …
Paris restaurant La Tour d’Argent ‘loses’ more than NZ2.5m worth of wine Read More
A machine learning algorithm from the University of Geneva in Switzerland has proven to be able to identify the precise origin of Bordeaux wines through analysis of their chemical makeup. …
New AI algorithim could aid against wine counterfeiting Read More
You know when you look at something unexpected, and think to yourself “What’s that all about?” That happened last night and this morning when I was checking the browser statistics …
Ben Tombs promoted to Chief Winemaker at Craggy Range Read More
Yealands Wines is celebrating the achievement of their Chief Winemaker, Natalie Christensen, winning the ‘White Winemaker of the Year’ Trophy at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards ceremony held in …
Natalie Christensen wins ‘White Winemaker of the Year’ Trophy at IWC Read More
North Canterbury’s Greystone Wines is celebrating three trophy wins for its 2021 Organic Chardonnay at the 2023 International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London. One of the longest running international wine …
Greystone Chardonnay wins triple trophies at IWC Read More
Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) is excited to announce the launch of the Wine Map of Marlborough, a beautifully designed reference tool that delineates the Marlborough wine growing region for the …
The Wine Map of Marlborough Read More
Hawke’s Bay winery, Church Road has achieved excellence at the annual Winestate Wine of the Year Awards announced tonight with Chief Winemaker, Chris Scott, crowned New Zealand Winemaker of the …
Chris Scott wins New Zealand Winemaker of the Year for the fifth time Read More
This week saw the launch of New Zealand’s newest wine brand, served up in cans. Originating in the UK, where co-founder Hannah Sweeney helped develop the brand; the label there …
The Uncommon Wine of New Zealand Read More
Born from the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards, and morphing into this new event; albeit having that A&P Show heritage/background – looking to ‘improve the breed’ and so forth… Judging …
The National Wine Awards Aotearoa New Zealand – Awards of Excellence 2022 Read More